concillors acting
2.
micahoots.
to live and were
the
The boundaries of the Settlement were lines on a тар Chinese were free to enter if they could find somewhere
free to leave. They made up by for greater part of the population of the Settlement.
how I table it that the Chinese Government has one way
or another benefitted from the enormous size
rize n the prosperity of Hongkong since the war. Else, whey they not simply overrier the place by now.
country
Love
In spite of Chinas being officially a Communist
I don't think the Chinese are very good at being ideolognes. I remember that in their attitudes to their religions they
time Christian in this
more much like
who goe
this country
recasionally, when there's nothing
maning a past-
to church
more interesting
both Taoist
to do. They liked to have their deceased seen off by priests and some used to Buddhist priests for the purpose. Having a bobe
as it were.
each work! was making
vating his
way
engage
Even when thrang
Kai Shak
to power the political activists
belund him who were tone believers Fended to be a
minority, first
as
Ora
ones are here. Most
of
fas - Right and far-heft his supporters
more in the game for what they expected to get out of it. I don't expect a mere 30-odd years of "Communist government really to have changed them. In short, you can alway
as there's arough in' it for him. And, of comise, no loss of face.
So, with apforsforiate changes. I propose port the "International Settlement idea to them with no mention what soever that such a
do a deal with a Chinese as
1
because, doubtless, they the "Inequal Treaties
long
place
we
ever existed
can still get emotive about hat the Chinese councillors
be appointed by Peking with pechaps some elected by
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